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Text -- Luke 4:1-34 (NET)
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The Temptation of Jesus
4:1 Then Jesus , full of the Holy Spirit , returned from the Jordan River and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness ,
4:2 where for forty days he endured temptations from the devil . He ate nothing during those days , and when they were completed , he was famished .
4:3 The devil said to him , “If you are the Son of God , command this stone to become bread .”
4:4 Jesus answered him , “It is written , ‘Man does not live by bread alone .’”
4:5 Then the devil led him up to a high place and showed him in a flash all the kingdoms of the world .
4:6 And he said to him , “To you I will grant this whole realm – and the glory that goes along with it, for it has been relinquished to me , and I can give it to anyone I wish .
4:7 So then, if you will worship me , all this will be yours .”
4:8 Jesus answered him , “It is written , ‘You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him .’”
4:9 Then the devil brought him to Jerusalem , had him stand on the highest point of the temple , and said to him , “If you are the Son of God , throw yourself down from here ,
4:10 for it is written , ‘He will command his angels concerning you , to protect you ,’
4:11 and ‘with their hands they will lift you up , so that you will not strike your foot against a stone .’”
4:12 Jesus answered him , “It is said , ‘You are not to put the Lord your God to the test .’”
4:13 So when the devil had completed every temptation , he departed from him until a more opportune time .
The Beginning of Jesus’ Ministry in Galilee
4:14 Then Jesus , in the power of the Spirit , returned to Galilee , and news about him spread throughout the surrounding countryside .
4:15 He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by all .
Rejection at Nazareth
4:16 Now Jesus came to Nazareth , where he had been brought up , and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day , as was his custom . He stood up to read ,
4:17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him . He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written ,
4:18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me , because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor . He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and the regaining of sight to the blind , to set free those who are oppressed ,
4:19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor .”
4:20 Then he rolled up the scroll , gave it back to the attendant , and sat down . The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on him .
4:21 Then he began to tell them , “Today this scripture has been fulfilled even as you heard it being read .”
4:22 All were speaking well of him , and were amazed at the gracious words coming out of his mouth . They said , “Isn’t this Joseph’s son ?”
4:23 Jesus said to them , “No doubt you will quote to me the proverb , ‘Physician , heal yourself !’ and say, ‘What we have heard that you did in Capernaum , do here in your hometown too .’”
4:24 And he added , “I tell you the truth , no prophet is acceptable in his hometown .
4:25 But in truth I tell you , there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days , when the sky was shut up three and a half years , and there was a great famine over all the land .
4:26 Yet Elijah was sent to none of them , but only to a woman who was a widow at Zarephath in Sidon .
4:27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha , yet none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian .”
4:28 When they heard this , all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage .
4:29 They got up , forced him out of the town , and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built , so that they could throw him down the cliff .
4:30 But he passed through the crowd and went on his way .
Ministry in Capernaum
4:31 So he went down to Capernaum , a town in Galilee , and on the Sabbath he began to teach the people .
4:32 They were amazed at his teaching , because he spoke with authority .
4:33 Now in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon , and he cried out with a loud voice ,
4:34 “Ha ! Leave us alone, Jesus the Nazarene ! Have you come to destroy us ? I know who you are – the Holy One of God .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
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Jesus, The Christ |
Nazareth |
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Isaiah, The Book of |
JESUS CHRIST, 4C1 |
Capernaum |
Law |
Satan |
TEMPTATION OF CHRIST |
JESUS CHRIST, 4A |
Temptation |
ANTICHRIST |
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Quotations and Allusions |
Instruction |
CHRIST, OFFICES OF |
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NET Notes -> Luk 4:1; Luk 4:1; Luk 4:1; Luk 4:1; Luk 4:1; Luk 4:2; Luk 4:2; Luk 4:2; Luk 4:2; Luk 4:2; Luk 4:3; Luk 4:3; Luk 4:4; Luk 4:4; Luk 4:4; Luk 4:5; Luk 4:5; Luk 4:5; Luk 4:5; Luk 4:5; Luk 4:6; Luk 4:6; Luk 4:6; Luk 4:6; Luk 4:6; Luk 4:7; Luk 4:7; Luk 4:7; Luk 4:8; Luk 4:8; Luk 4:8; Luk 4:8; Luk 4:8; Luk 4:8; Luk 4:9; Luk 4:9; Luk 4:9; Luk 4:9; Luk 4:9; Luk 4:9; Luk 4:10; Luk 4:11; Luk 4:12; Luk 4:12; Luk 4:12; Luk 4:13; Luk 4:13; Luk 4:13; Luk 4:13; Luk 4:14; Luk 4:14; Luk 4:14; Luk 4:14; Luk 4:15; Luk 4:15; Luk 4:15; Luk 4:15; Luk 4:16; Luk 4:16; Luk 4:16; Luk 4:16; Luk 4:16; Luk 4:16; Luk 4:16; Luk 4:16; Luk 4:17; Luk 4:17; Luk 4:18; Luk 4:18; Luk 4:18; Luk 4:18; Luk 4:18; Luk 4:18; Luk 4:18; Luk 4:18; Luk 4:19; Luk 4:19; Luk 4:20; Luk 4:20; Luk 4:20; Luk 4:21; Luk 4:21; Luk 4:21; Luk 4:22; Luk 4:22; Luk 4:22; Luk 4:23; Luk 4:23; Luk 4:23; Luk 4:23; Luk 4:24; Luk 4:24; Luk 4:24; Luk 4:25; Luk 4:25; Luk 4:25; Luk 4:26; Luk 4:26; Luk 4:26; Luk 4:27; Luk 4:27; Luk 4:27; Luk 4:28; Luk 4:29; Luk 4:29; Luk 4:29; Luk 4:29; Luk 4:30; Luk 4:30; Luk 4:31; Luk 4:31; Luk 4:31; Luk 4:31; Luk 4:31; Luk 4:32; Luk 4:32; Luk 4:32; Luk 4:32; Luk 4:33; Luk 4:33; Luk 4:33; Luk 4:34; Luk 4:34
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NET Notes: Luk 4:2 This verb and its cognate noun, sunteleia, usually implies not just the end of an event, but its completion or fulfillment. The noun is always used in...
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NET Notes: Luk 4:4 A quotation from Deut 8:3. Jesus will live by doing God’s will, and will take no shortcuts.
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NET Notes: Luk 4:6 For the translation of παραδέδοται (paradedotai) see L&N 57.77. The devil is erroneously im...
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NET Notes: Luk 4:7 One could translate this phrase “it will all be yours.” The sense is the same, but the translation given is a touch more emphatic and more...
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NET Notes: Luk 4:8 A quotation from Deut 6:13. The word “only” is an interpretive expansion not found in either the Hebrew or Greek (LXX) text of the OT.
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NET Notes: Luk 4:10 A quotation from Ps 91:11 by the devil. This was not so much an incorrect citation as a use in a wrong context (a misapplication of the passage).
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NET Notes: Luk 4:12 A quotation from Deut 6:16 used by Jesus in reply to the devil. The point is that God’s faithfulness should not be put to the test, but is rathe...
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NET Notes: Luk 4:13 Until a more opportune time. Though some have argued that the devil disappears until Luke 22:3, this is unlikely since the cosmic battle with Satan an...
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NET Notes: Luk 4:15 Grk “being glorified.” The participle δοξαζόμενος (doxazomeno") has been trans...
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NET Notes: Luk 4:16 In normative Judaism of the period, the OT scripture was read and discussed in the synagogue by the men who were present. See the Mishnah, m. Megillah...
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NET Notes: Luk 4:17 Grk “opening,” but a scroll of this period would have to be unrolled. The participle ἀναπτύξα`...
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NET Notes: Luk 4:18 Again, as with the previous phrases, oppressed may well mean more than simply political or economic oppression, but a deeper reality of oppression by ...
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NET Notes: Luk 4:19 A quotation from Isa 61:1-2a. Within the citation is a line from Isa 58:6, with its reference to setting the oppressed free.
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NET Notes: Luk 4:22 The form of the question assumes a positive reply. It really amounts to an objection, as Jesus’ response in the next verses shows. Jesus spoke s...
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NET Notes: Luk 4:24 Jesus argues that he will get no respect in his own hometown. There is a wordplay here on the word acceptable (δεκτός, d...
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NET Notes: Luk 4:25 Grk “as.” The particle ὡς can also function temporally (see BDAG 1105-6 s.v. 8).
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NET Notes: Luk 4:27 The reference to Naaman the Syrian (see 2 Kgs 5:1-24) is another example where an outsider and Gentile was blessed. The stress in the example is the m...
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NET Notes: Luk 4:29 The attempt to throw him down the cliff looks like “lynch law,” but it may really be an indication that Jesus was regarded as a false prop...
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NET Notes: Luk 4:30 The verb πορεύομαι (poreuomai) in Luke often suggests divine direction, “to go in a led direction...
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NET Notes: Luk 4:31 Grk “them”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Luk 4:32 Jesus’ teaching impressed the hearers with the directness of its claim (with authority). A study of Jewish rabbinic interpretation shows that it...
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NET Notes: Luk 4:33 Grk “having an unclean, demonic spirit,” that is, an evil spirit. This is the only place Luke uses this lengthy phrase. Normally he simply...
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